The Meaning Of Death In The Giver

Jonas has to learn more about death and pain than he already has. Death was something that wasn’t talked about in the community. The community “releases” members when they are old or if there is a set of twins or something wrong with a baby. Release is something celebrated within the community. Jonas had no idea that what release really means is to murder someone. He watches the release of a baby boy who was part of a set of twins born into the community. His father is the one performing this release because his father is a nurturer. This knowledge left Jonas devastated and in shock that his father could do something so terrible. He leaves the Giver’s and tells him that he can no longer continue receiving the memories. He takes a few days and collects himself. Fiona, his childhood friend talks him into to going back. Love is another emotion new to Jonas. He falls in love with Fiona. Falling in love is a big step that usually happens in adulthood. Another thing Jonas does that proves his progression in maturity is he decides to leave the community. When you grow up, you leave your mom and dad’s house which is how I connected this part of Jonas’ life with that of a real life

In the opening scene of the film Jonas was confused and questioning what his purpose was in the community he lived in. He says “It seemed everyone knew theirs already. Not me. I was lost. I always felt like I saw things differently. I saw things other people didn't. I never said anything. I didn't want to be different. Who would?.” This choice of words shows how Jonas was so unsure of himself and how terrified he was to stand out from the crowd. He was really against being different in any sort of way and didn’t know where he was heading. At the end of the film he knew what his purpose was, he knew what he needed to do and he was determined to fight for what was right, even if being different was part of it. “The memories back and back and back can be returned. I need to leave the community. I need to find the boundary of memory and then cross it. No more discussions. Gabriel is in danger. Something must be done!.” When Jonas’s says this the audience sees that standing up for what you believe in and having self motivation can lead you in the right direction. It illustrates that Jonas’s character is much stronger than anyone else. In society today many people don’t push themselves to their fullest abilities, Jonas teaches the audience that it is important to set yourself a goal and fulfill it no matter what. The dialogue used really shows that every accomplishment starts

Then he went limp. He head fell to the side, his eyes half open. Then he was still… He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing. He continued to stare at the screen numbly…” (Lowery 150).

The Giver by Lois Lowry is a powerful novel about growing up, memories, and the contrast of pain vs. pleasure. In this essay, we’ll look at that contrast and examine how without any pain, there can be no pleasure. With no memory or knowledge of pain or true pleasure

Jonas began to feel like her wanted to go home. Jonas can't go back to his community, "But he knew he couldn't go back to the world of no feelings for that he had lived in so long" (Lowry 131). Jonas wants to leave the community and never come back to it again because no matter how much he tries to give them memories he can't change them. Jonas decides that it is ok for him to leave his community. “ If he stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hanged for feelings, for color, for love” (Lowry 174). Jonas made the right decision of leaving his community because he would have been starving for answer on why they never changed the community but he feels happier that he rejected his society and left. (SIP-B) Jonas doesn't want to be a part of his community anymore. Jonas doesn't want to go back to his dwelling to see his family, "I won't! I won't go home! You can't make me!' Jonas sobbed and shouted and pounded the bed with his fist" (Lowry 153). Jonas doesn't want to go back to his dwelling to see his family again because his father lied to him about the ceremony of release for babies. Jonas wanted his childhood back, he didn't want to be the receiver anymore, "Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories, didn't want the honor, didn't want the wisdom, didn't want the pain. He wanted his childhood again, his scraped knees and ball games" (Lowry 121). That Jonas doesn't want to be the receiver of memory anymore he wants to get his childhood back so he doesn’t have to know about the memories of past communities. Jonas is rejecting his society because he finds out the true meaning of his community and why they took out what they

Jonas whispered, “We're going to be ok... I promise.” It was an empty promise, but it was all he had to offer. Jonas instinctively I remember seeing the victim’s black eyes, before they put the lid on, with the pupil occupying most if not all of the iris, leaving no color. When I looked at those eyes I seemed to reencounter the memory of death and I realized the constant murder my society committed and I broke even more. The man releasing me turned towards me, with his eyes showing no guilt. His empty eyes reminded me of death, it made me realize how they are never truly alive. I wanted to escape, not to die. So I asked the man if I could do it myself. I turned my back to him so he couldn’t see me dump the black content out. I put my head on the pillow and closed my eyes. I remained frozen as they put me into the box. I was claustrophobic , but too afraid to say anything as they threw me down the trash shoot. As soon as the box landed, I threw open the lid and saw myself knee deep in boxes. There not boxes, not objects, I reminded myself, there bodies. They’re people. I eventually got out of the seemingly endless white, perfectly arranged boxes, with each step I took sinking into the boxes and feeling the presence of a body. Once I got out I ran and I cried, my tears seemed to be endless even against the cold. Now I’m here and I refuse to shed tears over a murderous society. I have nightmares and still see myself stepping on those innocent people. Some children that didn’t even have a chance to live” she finished.

Giving Pain: Burdening Responsibility Everyone is burden with pain. No one can escape emotional, physical or mental misery because it is part of what makes us human. Without pain we would live in a world of sameness. Although there is no way we can escape this reality, what if there existed a

Throughout the book jonas becomes more and more angry and against the rules of the community. “I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!” jonas was furious because the other people of the community were not given any power. The people couldn't even see color and were blinded by

Trang Le Antarctica – March 10, 2010 The Giver Essay Lois Lowry’s The Giver is set in a futuristic, dichotomous society, one that is both utopian and dystopian. In response to the overwhelming destruction and chaos in the world, the Elders have attempted to create and maintain a peaceful and orderly utopia, but

One reason why Jonas hates this community is because of the rules. If you make one small mistake, you can get in serious trouble, also known as being released (killed). “ When an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice….Needless to say, he will be released.” (pg. 13) This suggests that the rules in the society can have a major impact on someone if they make just a slight error. The fact that the person did not follow the directions well enough and got killed is appalling. These unpleasant and ridiculous rules support a dystopian novel because they show how unpleasant living in this community can be.

Jonas is the protagonist of the novel and a third-person narrator tells the entire story from Jonas perception of things. He is intelligent, curious, caring, and his thought process is very mature for being 11-13 years old. A good quote portraying both his matureness and his intellect is “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things”(97). This is also one of the first signs that he is displeased with the community. Another quote showing his courage and curiosity is "It hurt a lot," Jonas said, "but I'm glad you gave it to me. It was interesting. And now I understand better. What it meant, that there would be

Similarities and differences between the Anthem and the giver in their societies. There are more differences than similarities in both societies. One of the big differences between the two, are that people get drugged before they leave their house in the giver. To make sure they don’t feel anything or see

Jonas was walking out of the auditorium and people were looking at him gruesomely and avoiding him and he was thinking, “ Jonas felt separate, different. He remembered what the Chief Elder had said: that his training would be alone and apart. But his training has not yet begun and already, upon leaving the Auditorium, he felt the apartness.” (62) Therefore, when he got his assignment, he felt separate from all of the other kids who got regular jobs and not the most important job of the whole community and he felt apart from the other kids and even his family. When Jonas had a day off because of a holiday, he went to the park and he saw the kids playing a game of war, and when he confronted Ashur, Ashur said, “ Whatever. You can’t say what we play, even if you are going to be the new Receiver.” Ashur looked warily at him. “ I apologize for not paying you the respect you deserve.” (127) Therefore, Jonas feels separate from his peers, because they don’t know what actually happened and what that game used to be. When he confronted them, they made fun of him for being the Receiver and that he can’t just stop their game just because he is going to be in the highest job in the community. In his directions that he got, because he got the assignment to become the Receiver of Memory, the directions say this, “ Do not discuss your training with any members of the community, including

The feelings Jonas has developed throughout the story has changed Jonas as a person, as a result Jonas develops feelings. One example of Jonas being feelingless is on page 131 in the small book, “... he couldn’t go back to the world of no feelings that he had lived in so long.” This quote show Jonas regrenting living in a world with no feelings and to remember a world with no feeling he has had to livid in a world with no feelings. This quote show Jonas living without feelings. A quote too show Jonas with feelings is on page 151 in the small book, “Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward too emerge in a cry.” I chose this quote because this quote show Jonas feeling pain.

Jonas saw different color lights than the memory he saw. Jonas didn’t quite understand the memory, but he knew he liked it. He asks “Who were the old people?” (155) The Giver explains grandparents to him. Jonas also asks “ What was that feeling I couldn’t quite understand it?” (155) The Giver answers that it was love, and Jonas was remembering love, because he loved the community and his family. Jonas was making his way to death going down the hill and feeling no pain.. Jonas knew what the lights were and thought they were waiting there for him. Jonas wanted to see the memory in his head because he was perceiving love for everyone, as he was dying. But he couldn’t interpret the memory correctly because he was going brain dead, and actually dying. Jonas brain was going whack and becoming weaker so he was hallucinating or dreaming then he